Central debaters open season

41 students compete in Watertown

41 students compete in Watertown

November 06, 2008

Aberdeen Central's debaters opened the season Saturday at the Watertown Pumpkinstakes and Novice Debate Discussion. This is an annual event in which students discuss this year's policy debate topic. Forty-one students competed for Central at this tourn- ament. In individual events, senior Alex Friedrichsen led the way by placing second in varsity extemp. Sophomore Laura Carver was also a finalist in poetic interpretation. In the novice debate discussion event, several first-year debate students placed at or near the top of their event. According to Central head debate coach Colleen Meisenheimer, freshmen Gus Campbell and Amanda Witlock were outstanding discussion leaders, and Dalton Schutte was an outstanding discussion participant. Witlock and Schutte earned perfect marks on the day. “It was a good showing for our first outing of the season,” Meisenheimer said. “We have a young team, and I was impressed with their efforts this early in the season. " I hope some of this will carry over to Sioux Falls this weekend,” she added. The full debate team kicks off the 2008-2009 season this weekend at the Sioux Falls Washington and Roosevelt Invitationals. The two days of competition begin on Friday at Washington and wrap up Saturday at Roosevelt.